"Rick, are you saying U.S. roses can't be taken across the border into Canada?" Kate and Carol; you can import roses from the U.S., but an international phytosanitary certificate is required for the shipment. Currently, only Rogue Valley Roses and David Austin Roses USA will ship to Canada. I have contacted both Heirloom Roses and Roses Unlimited and neither are willing to ship roses to Canada. It is a lot of work and hassle and then shipments sometimes experience delays at the border that have cost me young plants in the past. I suspect that the extra work and effort required is prohibitively costly for small nurseries who may only get a few export orders a year. I did import eight roses from RVR this spring, seven survived and are doing well in my nursery bed. But RVR doesn't carry Braveheart. There are far more European nurseries that will ship to Canada, or the U.S. for that matter, than American nurseries who will export. The Europeans are more accustomed to shipping across borders in the E.U. But both an import permit and phyto are required for import of roses from the E.U. and it is costly and risky both.

Shax, most of the people in my valley have similar attitudes. By far, most are on the grid. A few are on solar. There's not frequent enough wind at a sufficient level to go with that. And small hydro requires the right sort of creek on your property. But independence is what a lot of people value in my rural area. Possibly back 25-30 years, there would have been a group here who would have tried neighbourhood-level power genration, it's not likely the case now. The principle would have to be modeled by other communities first, then people here might be willing to consider it seriously. I think of places like Davis, California (which I've never visited -- but have read about, from time to time). I tend to feel that if hydrogen is the near-future's fuel for cars and transport, then it will only really be a good thing if coupled with renewable-sourced electricity as the means to split the water molecule to derive the hydrogen. (That or bacterial production of hydrogen.) Home set-ups may make sense for a small portion of the population, but since the majority of people in most of the world now live in cities and suburbs, home set-ups in themselves probably can't be terrifically significant to planet Earth. Too individually expensive and demanding of maintenance. But they can be useful in some circumstances -- and they sort of make a statement of a positive sentiment, too. J.

I have had the TV since 2005. Today, the TV would not turn on (No Picture, No Sound) and The Green Power Button Light flashes quickly twice, pauses, quickly once, pauses, then one long flash (2,1, long 1). I realize it is a code, but can't find anything online about this model. Any help would be appreciated. If possible I would like to open this baby up and fix it myself if I can. Chassis #: L04 1U AA Model #: 30PW6341/37

The screen on my 15 month old Magnavox model MS3252S431 (chassis L01-1UAC-7638) 32-inch TV goes blank with a clicking sound. The green power light stays on. If I power off the TV and then power on again everything is fine.... sometimes for a few hours, sometimes the problem occurs again in a minute.I change the R3340 but still same problem plus first the volume bar will appear and sometimes lower the volume by itself. then the main tv menu will appear on its own and randomly move thru the menu. the 3rd stage is it will do all of this.